NaveenCodes Safe Mode

NaveenCodes Safe Mode helps restore access after fatal plugin or theme crashes. It detects fatal PHP shutdown errors, identifies whether the source is a plugin or theme, performs the configured recovery action, records detailed logs, stores recovery history, shows persistent admin notices, and emails administrators.

The plugin does not modify, rewrite, or repair user code. Version 1 is focused only on detection, disabling, recovery, logging, and notification.

Version 1 Architecture

• Namespace: NaveenCodes\SafeMode
• Prefix: ncsm_
• Text domain: naveencodes-safe-mode
• Bootstrap: naveencodes-safe-mode.php
• Autoloading: lightweight PSR-4 style autoloader for includes/
• Composition root: includes/Core/Plugin.php
• Service boundaries:
  • Core: activation, deactivation, settings, plugin bootstrapping
  • Database: custom table schema
  • Recovery: shutdown detection, source detection, queueing, plugin/theme recovery, notifications
  • Logging: error logs and recovery history persistence
  • Admin: dashboard, logs, history, settings, notices, coming soon UI
  • Helpers: focused WordPress helper utilities
  • Interfaces: shared service contracts

Database Schema

wp_ncsm_logs

• id
• timestamp
• error_type
• error_message
• file_path
• line_number
• source_type
• source_name
• action_taken

• recovery_status

  wp_ncsm_recovery_history

• id

• timestamp
• source_type
• source_name
• recovery_action
• recovery_result

Recovery Workflow

1. Register a shutdown function early on plugins_loaded.
2. Inspect error_get_last() on shutdown.
3. Continue only for fatal, parse, compile, core, user, or recoverable fatal errors.
4. Detect source from the error file path:
   • wp-content/plugins/... becomes a plugin source.
   • wp-content/themes/... becomes a theme source.
   • Anything else is stored as Unknown Source.
5. Check recovery queue attempts for the source.
6. If the source is a plugin and plugin auto-disable is enabled, deactivate the faulty plugin.
7. If the source is the active theme and theme recovery is enabled, switch to the configured fallback theme.
8. Log the error and recovery action.
9. Store recovery history.
10. Add a persistent admin notice.
11. Send an administrator email when enabled.

WordPress Hooks

• plugins_loaded boots the plugin.
• register_shutdown_function() detects fatal shutdown errors.
• admin_menu registers the admin pages.
• admin_enqueue_scripts loads admin assets.
• admin_notices renders persistent recovery notices.
• admin_post_ncsm_save_settings saves settings.
• admin_post_ncsm_export_logs exports logs.
• admin_post_ncsm_dismiss_notice dismisses recovery notices.

Admin Pages

• Dashboard: protection status, statistics, and recovery workflow.
• Error Logs: fatal error log table, filters, and CSV export.
• Recovery History: source, action, result, and timestamp.
• Settings: recovery toggles, notifications, fallback theme, retention, maximum attempts.
• Coming Soon: Version 2 feature previews only.

Settings

• Enable Recovery
• Enable Plugin Auto Disable
• Enable Theme Recovery
• Enable Email Notifications
• Fallback Theme Selector
• Log Retention Period
• Maximum Recovery Attempts

Coming Soon

The following features are displayed as UI-only cards and are not implemented in Version 1:

• Automatic Rollback
• Update Sandbox Testing
• Code Snippet Protection
• AI Error Analysis
• Slack Notifications
• Cloud Backups
• Uptime Monitoring
• One Click Restore

Security

Version 1 uses capability checks, nonces, sanitization, escaping, WordPress database APIs, and prepared SQL for dynamic values. It performs no tracking, no hidden data collection, no remote code execution, and no unsafe file rewriting.